Improvement in button-fastenings



W. RICHARDSON. Button-Fastening.

N0. 197,176. Paten'ced Nov. 13. 1877.

W\TNESEEE |NVENTIIIR NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAMRIOHARDSON, OF BOSTON, MASSAOHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BUTTON-FASTENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 197,176, dated November 13, 1877 application filecl Ocoober 4, 1877.

T0 all whom z't may concem:

Be 113 known that I, WILLIAM RIOHARDSON, 0f Boston, in the county of Sufiolk and State 0f Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement. in Button-Fastenings, 0f which the following is a specification:

This invention has f0r its object the following-described metallie button-fastening, whieh I Will deseribe by tl1e aid. of the aecompany- Ing drawing, forming a paart 0f this speoification, in whi eh Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention applied 150 a glve. Fig. 2 is a lan 0f the fastening, and Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof.

I prefer to' use, in the const-ruction 0f the fastening, light eopper wire, though any metal having sufficient spring, when shaped as hereinafter describecl, will answer.

When wire is used, it is eut t0 the requisite length, folded 01 doubled ab 01 near its longitudinal eenter, which isfohen bent downward, 01 0111:, as shown at a. From this center eaeh of the parallel branehes 0f the wire are bent outward to b, then they are drawn in to the point c, from wln'ch they spread 1:0 d, where they are bent dovmward parallel with the senter a, to form the support or studs e, a-nd -inward toward eaoh other, forming the seetions e, which are provided with bent ends f.

'lhe fastening thus shaped is secured. in the desired position by threacl 01 metal loops g, that lay hold 0f the fastening a1: a and encirele section e, so that they may move freely therein. 'Ihe ends f serve as stops, to prevent the withdrawal 0f the seetion from the loops in the operation 0f buttoning.

It will be seen that the bent central portion- 01 projection a and tl1e supports 01 lugs e serve 130 lift am]. support the yielding sides of the fastening above the material t0 which the button-fastening necessarily must b e attaohed, so that sufficient room is given the flange 0n the shank 0f the button t0 pass freely under t-l1e yielding sides of ehe fastening in the operation 0f buttoning.

Of eourse, the necessary shaping of the wire or the mec-al may be accomplished by any suitable mechanism, and it is possible 130 stamp "l3ll8 fastening t0 shape from a flat piece 0f metal.

It Will be seen that in operation the shank of the button enters between the flaring sides of the fastenin'g, and, as it advanees, is Centered by them toward. the points c, which, by slight pressure 0n the button, are spread safficiently to allow the entrance 0f ehe shank, and. immediately close again and embraee the shank of the button in the oval space between the points c a and b b, when it is held secure against any ordinary strain t0 Whlh a button is subjeeted.

Any kind 0f button having a s'hank may be used.

I elaim l. A metallic button-fastening, adapted t0 receive the shank 0f a button, provided Wit-h yielding sides, shaped a-s shown, and flaring ends, and having lugs, by which the yielding sides are supported 011 the material 1:0 which the button-fastening is secured, as deseribed.

2. A metallic button-fastening, having yielding sides, eonversely shaped t0 'each other, adapted to embrace the shank of a button, and fastened in position by loops g, and provided With the st0ps f, as deseribed.

WILLIAM RIOHARDSON.

Witnesses:

F. F. RAYMOND, 2d, W. H. CRAGIN. 

